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PTO head Kappos stepping down

David Kappos, director of the Patent and Trademark Office, is stepping
down
early next
year.

A PTO spokesman said Kappos will stay with the agency through January 2013. Kappos
announced his resignation Monday in an email to PTO employees.

"I believe we have made great progress in reducing the patent backlog, increasing
operational efficiency, and exerting leadership in [intellectual property] policy
domestically and
internationally," Kappos said in a statement.